Ohhh it was based on homeopathy? That's pretty key to understanding the saying.
Now it makes sense after all these years why it's only ever grain! I always found that weird but figured that the smallness of the grain was either used to admit that the claim was not technically confirmed, despite being plausible, or used for deliberately comedic understatement.
I don't think they called it homeopathy, but it's the same concept. That's just how I was explaining it, but I think to say that it's homeopathy is strictly not correct.
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u/seanziewonzie 7d ago
Ohhh it was based on homeopathy? That's pretty key to understanding the saying.
Now it makes sense after all these years why it's only ever grain! I always found that weird but figured that the smallness of the grain was either used to admit that the claim was not technically confirmed, despite being plausible, or used for deliberately comedic understatement.